Far below a summit wrapped in pale cloud at first light, a lone old man seen from behind climbs a granite path carrying two blank stone tablets in his arms.

The Book of

Deuteronomy 10

After the golden calf, God gives His words again. Then Moses asks what the LORD wants from His people, and the answer is their whole heart.

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In this chapter

Where we are

1–4Remember the wayFrom Horeb to Moab
5–11Love the LORDThe heart of the covenantChapter 10
12–26Laws for the landWorship, justice, neighbor
27–30Blessing and curseChoose life
31–34Moses' farewellA song, a blessing, a death

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Moses

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The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day. That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.

Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

Question

Quick question

One tribe was given a task instead of a territory.

Whom did the LORD set apart to carry the ark of the covenant?

A Call to Obedience

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

Deuteronomy 10:12–13

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Deuteronomy 10:16

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Reflect

What does He ask?

Moses asks “what does the LORD your God ask of you,” and gives five answers: fear Him, walk in His ways, love Him, serve Him with all your heart, keep His commands. Which of the five is hardest for you right now, and why? Write it down. Then end with one honest line of prayer: Lord, cut away what is hard in my heart, so that I love You with all of it.

A sky crowded with countless stars and the Milky Way over the dark plains of Moab, Israel’s tents a thin low line along the bottom of the frame.

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name. He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen. Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

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